Bethany Bosch

Bethany Bosch from Wallinford, Vermont

Guri Bosch with open water swimming partner Bethany Bosch on a training swim

Guri Bosch swimming in the 2016 Lake Willoughby Swim alongside her coach Bethany Bosch

Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame, Honor Marathon Swimmer

Bethany Bosch is a 28-year-old American marathon swimmer from Wallinford, Vermont. She was inducted into the Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame in its inaugural Class of 2017.

Open Water Swimming Career

• She competed in the 24-mile Tampa Bay Marathon Swim on 20 April 2013.
• She is a 2-time finisher of the 10-mile Kingdom Swim.
• She completed the 25-mile In Search of Memphre marathon swimming competition on 7 September 2013 in 17 hours 11 minutes.
• She completed the 5-mile Lake Willoughby Swim together with Guri Bosch, a chocolate labrador retriever who won the Canine Division in 2 hours 48 minutes on 17 August 2013.
• She completed 2 Cork Distance Week camps under the tutelage of Ned Denison.
• She completed the 25-mile In Search of Memphre in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont in 17 hours 11 minutes.
• She completed the 2.6-mile Cold Water Challenge in Fairfield, Connecticut.
• She crossed the English Channel in 17 hours 39 minutes in 2014.
• She competed at the 2015 United States Winter Swimming Championships in Lake Memphremagog, Vermont.

MSF Calendar

Bosch and Guri were featured in the month of October in the 2015 MSF Calendar.

January: Anthony McCarley, English Channel. Photo by Roger Taylor.
February: Santa Barbara Channel. Photo by Theo Schmeeckle.
March: Ted Erikson at Promontory Point, Chicago. Photo by Louise LeBourgeois.
April: Sarah Thomas at The Arc, USA. Photo by Ken Classen.
May: Underway at Lake Willoughby, USA. Photo by Phil White.
June: Grace van der Byl at MIMS 2014, USA. Photo by John Humenik.
July: Navigation, Lake Pend Oreille, USA. Photo by Andrew Malinak.
August: Suva off Cap Gris Nez, English Channel. Photo by Zoe Sadler.
September: Applegate Lake 10K Start, USA. Photo by Peter Ray.
October: Bethany Bosch & Guri at Lake Willoughby. Photo by Phil White.
November: Round Christiansborg, Denmark. Photo by Samuel Tyson.
December: Nightswimming, Ireland. Photo by Donal Buckley.

External links

• History of The Great Race at Kingdom Swim
• Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall of Fame on WOWSA Live
• Tampa Bay Marathon Swim website
• Marathon Swimming website
• World Open Water Swimming Association
• List Of Marathon Swims Around The World
• Distance Matters In Tampa Bay
• Guri Bosch, A Paddling Pet
• Open Water Swimming website
• Willoughby III In The Northeast Kingdom
• Northeast Kingdom Open Water Swimming Association Swim The Kingdom
• Guri Bosch Takes Canine Division
• In Search of Memphre Swimmer Scouts Announced
• Sarah Thomas Double-Crosser Twice Over
• Bethany Bosch Boldly Swims In Search Of Memphre
• Cold Water Training Turns Into Cold Water Challenge
• 2.6 Miles Of Cold Water Challenge
• Brad McVetta Crowned Cold Water Classic Champion
• What's Going Through Your Head In The Open Water
• Kingdom's Swimmers Of The Year
• The Why's Of Swimming In Really Cold Water
• Paula Yankauskas, Hardened Winter Swimmers Go 4 For 4
• United States Winter Swimming Association
• Guri Dogs It Across Lake Willoughby
• Craig Dietz Adapts To Marathon Swimming With NEKOWSA
• Vermont Open Water Swimming Hall Of Fame Class Of 2017
• Class of 2017
• Ned Denison Honored In Vermont
• The White Knight Honored In Vermont
• Doing Dog Paddle In The Open Water